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Cmv: there is no word that is inherently wrong to be said regardless of context

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Cmv: there is no word that is inherently wrong to be said regardless of context This is a thing that I notice more from people from the US, and some parte of Northern Europe, that there are a few words that they consider to be inherently evil regardless of context. Now, I understand that some words are used a lot to offended and should be avoided. However, when I cannot say them even to say they are bad, I think weve got to bizarre problematic levels. For example, let's say tomato was one of those words. People don't even feel comfortable saying "tomato is an offensive word, you should not use it", they have to say "the T word is a bad word that should not be said in any context". Sometimes it's even detrimental to communication, I once saw someone talking about the g-slur and I had no idea what the hell they were talking about. For real, I find this beyond stupid. Words don't exist by themselves, they exist in a context. For me it's such a puritan thing, don't say the name of the devia or he'll appear.…

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